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== Does an indef block become a ban automatically simply by not bringing it to anyone's attention? ==
There seems to be some disagreement over the status of [[User:Defender 911]]. He was blocked on 11 August, and banned two hours later by, curiously, an editor who'd only been here three weeks. There was never any effort to bring this to the attention of the community, so I've reverted the template. People are now saying it's been "
:Once anybody plays the "harassment card", all rational discussion goes out the window, and it's all "Burn the Witch!", no actual proof required. [[User:Dtobias|*Dan T.*]] ([[User talk:Dtobias|talk]]) 18:28, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
::I tried to get basically the same conversation started at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Community Bans]], but discussion seems to have fizzled out. --[[User:Ali'i|Ali'i]] 18:37, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
: I'll look at this. A ban can always be reviewed, and an inappropriate ban should be lifted as soon as possible. That's without prejudice to whether this particular ban (which at this point I know nothing about and haven't reviewed) was appropriate. --[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]] 18:40, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
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